Swimming Bell

Name: Swimming Bell
Start: 2025-10-05T18:00:00+1100
End: 2025-10-05T21:00:00+1100
Location: Petersham Bowling Club

Sun, 5 Oct 2025, 6pm - 9pm AEDT

Petersham Bowling Club

Petersham NSW, Australia

Petersham Bowling Club

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Description

Los Angeles six-piece Swimming Bell bring their lush Californian alt-folk to Australia for the first time this October. Compared to a folk-era Sharon Van Etten, Meg Baird and Rosali, Swimming Bell is the musical project of Katie Schottland, a Philadelphia-born singer-songwriter whose ethereal melodies and intricate harmonies create a dreamlike sonic landscape.

"Lush, Laurel Canyon scenes given a 21st century makeover" - Clash Magazine.

Drawing inspiration from folk traditions, layered vocal textures and atmospheric production, Schottland crafts songs both intimate and otherworldly. Their latest EP, Somnia, produced by Rob Schnapf (Elliott Smith, Beck, Cass McCombs), deepens this signature sound, immersing listeners in an underwater dreamworld of floating melodies and percussive currents.

With influences from Laurel Canyon folk to modern indie
experimentalism, Somnia showcases Schottland’s ability to blend warmth with mystery, nostalgia with newness. The EP is out via Perpetual Doom, a label known for championing unique and boundary-pushing artists.

Swimming Bell will be playing with special guests Jude Pascal and Hot Apple Band

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This is an 18+ Show.

Getting to The PBC! Access to the club and main stage is via 12 stairs at the front of the venue. We are not wheelchair accessible currently but we are working on it! There is free, untimed parking on the avenue and Brighton Street and drop off / pick up is available via our driveway.

The Petersham Bowling Club acknowledge the Gadigal of the Eora Nation as the traditional custodians of the land on which this show takes place and pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and emerging and extend those respects to the First Nations peoples of NSW and beyond.

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https://www.swimmingbell.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJiy6-Www8A "95 At Night" Live
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGOJLk-8ntM "95 At Night" Music Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NX7sGE0A8s "I Believe In Us" Live

https://www.facebook.com/swimmingbellsongs/

https://www.instagram.com/swimmingbellmusic/

https://swimmingbellsongs.bandcamp.com/

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Petersham Bowling Club

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Located at the heart of Sydney’s Inner West, the PBC is one of the oldest bowling clubs in Australia. We have been part of the Inner West since 1896.

In the years past the club had struggled to survive, culminating in several attempts to redevelop some or all of the club grounds. The local community successfully campaigned against all these proposals and in late 2006 and the club began a new era with the appointment of a community-based Board.

The PBC is now an award-winning and vibrant pokie-free club that is dynamic and creative. It provides our diverse community with a multi-purpose facility offering sports, the arts, fun, music and food whilst protecting the use of the open space for the next 110 years.

All bookings must be accompanied by a member or become a member upon booking confirmation. You can renew an existing membership or start a new one here.

The Petersham Bowling Club is not wheelchair accessible yet. We have plans to remedy this in the next 3 years. Entry to the club is via 12 stairs at the front of the venue. once inside it is all 1 level and we have an ambulant & wheelchair accessible toilet.

By entering the PBC, you are agreeing to our Code of Conduct.

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